Party Vibe

TBH I hadn’t heard of nor seen the aluminum chillum with a screw thread previously; and always thought aluminium was difficult to work with although what little I know about metalwork dates back 30 years now so things have likely changed.

When I did smoke pot I generally preferred spliffs to bongs as this meant carrying around less fragile/awkward/suspicious items. I also then lived in the family house where a bong would have immediately been recognised by my parents suspicious (bear in mind what part of the world they came from and that they grew up in late 60s/early 1970s)

This is a picture of one example

12cm Alu Diffusorchillum für Acrylbongs, 2,50 €

and the rest of the bongs commonly available in DE as well as components (there is also a google Translate button on there if you don’t read German). TBH I suspect these “Eurobongs” are readily available here in UK and just about everywhere else…

Günstige Acrylbong online kaufen im Smoketown Head Shop

those are the same type that Smokemary posted in her second picture.

I have a feeling (although Illiesse would likely know much more about such things) the same arrangement of glassware or something similar is used for many “legit” chemical experiments. However what the Germans are selling is this (this one is a spare part, they sell entire bongs as well, as well as the glass friction fit).

There is a thread on the top bit. According to the site most heads also have an outside thread, so there is a threaded sleeve used to link the two (which also alleviates the problem of excessive stress being placed on the tube).

I could not find any pictures I could link to for the heads or other associated equipment but they even sell an an adaptor to allow the glass heads to be used with an aluminium chillum if anyone so desires (and a great deal of other bong-related stuff I have never seen before).

would explain why the German site is moving towards the glass chillum types (interestingly it also provides all manner of bungs, adaptors etc so you could convert the base of any bong between various forms of chillum, something else I’ve not previously encountered in spite of friends of mine once running a headshop in the late 90s/early 2000s).

TBH I suspect the same components are being sold Europe wide; except these Germans are selling the individual components at near cost price rather than entire bongs with large mark ups. If they had been working for the car companies instead there wouldn’t have been the pollution scandal; except they are more likely to be the kind who don’t bother with cars at all and just ride their bikes instead (probably across the peace-bridges to NL where they are extremely unlikely to encounter any traffic controls :laugh_at: )

I have no personal connection with the site – just found it whilst searching in German for bong components. There should be (unless your privacy software blocks it) a Google Translate toolbar on the site which is usually reasonable; although that may be for the benefit of English speaking expats in places like Berlin – I hadn’t checked to see if the shop would deliver internationally. If anything comes up on there which makes no sense in translation I will try and work out what they actually mean.

It wouldn’t be unusual for those running the shop to understand English as well; they may already be supplying your local shops in bulk anyway.

Bear in mind that shipping outside of DE could push up the delivery costs somewhat and what with Brexit etc I have no idea whether there might be extra security checks/controls. Although I don’t think its illegal anywhere in EU (including UK, CH and NO) to buy a bong online the border force etc can still be stubborn if they wish.